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Sweepstakes open Monday at 9 a.m. to win a pair of VIP tickets to the Giants' victory ceremony.

The NYPD told parade organizers that the city would not grant a permit for the parade, advocates said.

Chinese New Year celebrations from Chinatown to Flushing kick off the Year of the Dragon on Jan. 23.

The Fifth Annual East Meets West Christmas Parade will go through Chinatown and Little Italy Saturday.

Children and their parents were excited to see the balloons for the Thanksgiving Parade inflated.

Don't want to brave the crowds? EathCam will be streaming the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade live in 3-D.

In a Friday night visit to the bustling "Occupy Halloween" workshop in DUMBO, Brooklyn, activists showed DNAinfo the puppets they have been building day and night in preparation for the parade.

Tim Burton's B. Boy will grace this year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Nov. 24, 2011.

 Italian pride was in full force on Fifth Avenue for the 67th annual Columbus Day Parade on Monday.

Crowds lined Fifth Avenue on Oct. 9, 2011 for the Hispanic Day Parade.

Mexican Independence Day Parade takes over Madison Avenue on Sept. 18, 2011.

Murray Weiss reports on what cops say led to the arrest of City Councilman Jumaane Williams at the West Indian-American Day Parade in Brooklyn. 

Advocates want to hold a ticker-tape parade on Broadway in May 2012.

An estimated 100,000 lined Fifth Avenue, between 44th and 64th Streets for the city's Labor Day Parade on Sept. 10, 2011.